I have never seen or heard of a white Christmas in Houston, Texas! It feels
like we made history tonight. The kids even made a snowman. It's
absolutely amazing. My MIL's party has never been so exciting. All the
kids had a blast. It was great! Merry Christmas, all!

"Ann in Houston" wrote in message
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I have never seen or heard of a white Christmas in Houston, Texas! It feels
like we made history tonight. The kids even made a snowman. It's
absolutely amazing. My MIL's party has never been so exciting. All the
kids had a blast. It was great! Merry Christmas, all!


How much snow did Houston receive (in iches, of course)?

"Ann in Houston" wrote in message
...
I have never seen or heard of a white Christmas in Houston, Texas! It feels
like we made history tonight. The kids even made a snowman. It's
absolutely amazing. My MIL's party has never been so exciting. All the
kids had a blast. It was great! Merry Christmas, all!


How much snow did Houston receive (in iches, of course)?

"Ann in Houston" wrote in message
...
I have never seen or heard of a white Christmas in Houston, Texas! It
feels
like we made history tonight. The kids even made a snowman. It's
absolutely amazing. My MIL's party has never been so exciting. All the
kids had a blast. It was great! Merry Christmas, all!
====================
I'm living here in middle TN since 1979 and this is the first "almost" white
xmas I remember. There are patches of snow here and there - better than
none at all. :-) It sure is cold. Small water pumps are keeping openings
in the ice on the ponds. The bird feeders are covered with hungry birds
every day. There's a fire roaring in the fireplace and all is well....
--
Carol.... the frugal ponder...
Remember this motto to live by:
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in
a
pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly
used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming -- "WOW -- What a Ride!"
~~~~~~{@
Pricelesswa
http://www.pricelessware.org
http://www.pricelesswarehome.org
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"Ann in Houston" wrote in message
...
I have never seen or heard of a white Christmas in Houston, Texas! It
feels
like we made history tonight. The kids even made a snowman. It's
absolutely amazing. My MIL's party has never been so exciting. All the
kids had a blast. It was great! Merry Christmas, all!
====================
I'm living here in middle TN since 1979 and this is the first "almost" white
xmas I remember. There are patches of snow here and there - better than
none at all. :-) It sure is cold. Small water pumps are keeping openings
in the ice on the ponds. The bird feeders are covered with hungry birds
every day. There's a fire roaring in the fireplace and all is well....
--
Carol.... the frugal ponder...
Remember this motto to live by:
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in
a
pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly
used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming -- "WOW -- What a Ride!"
~~~~~~{@
Pricelesswa
http://www.pricelessware.org
http://www.pricelesswarehome.org
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

On Sat, 25 Dec 2004 06:22:40 GMT, "Ann in Houston" wrote:

I have never seen or heard of a white Christmas in Houston, Texas! It feels
like we made history tonight. The kids even made a snowman. It's
absolutely amazing. My MIL's party has never been so exciting. All the
kids had a blast. It was great! Merry Christmas, all!

Very cool Ann, I was hoping for at least a flurry or two, nothing but gray
here yesterday. Which was about my mood when my DH gave me a package of
.....................drum roll...................... fancy lawn edging. s
~ jan


~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~

Carol

what a wonderful tag line, have a happy NY


tom A.
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or call me @ 405-722-KITE (5483)
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"tom A" wrote in message
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Carol

what a wonderful tag line, have a happy NY
================
Same to you Tom. )
--
Carol.... the frugal ponder...
Remember this motto to live by:
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in
a
pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly
used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming -- "WOW -- What a Ride!"
~~~~~~{@
http://www.heartoftn.net/users/windsong/index.html
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"tom A" wrote in message
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Carol

what a wonderful tag line, have a happy NY
================
Same to you Tom. )
--
Carol.... the frugal ponder...
Remember this motto to live by:
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in
a
pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly
used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming -- "WOW -- What a Ride!"
~~~~~~{@
http://www.heartoftn.net/users/windsong/index.html
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"George" wrote in message
news:CJizd.708692$mD.543243@attbi_s02...

"Ann in Houston" wrote in message
...
I have never seen or heard of a white Christmas in Houston, Texas! It
feels
like we made history tonight. The kids even made a snowman. It's
absolutely amazing. My MIL's party has never been so exciting. All the
kids had a blast. It was great! Merry Christmas, all!


How much snow did Houston receive (in iches, of course)?

Well, we got about two inches here, but south of here, they got as much as a
foot. They even got about a foot in some parts of the beach in Galveston.
That was one strange thing about it. The moisture that comes in off the
gulf was providing the precip that froze. Therefore, we kind of had an
upside down weather pattern. Points north, that usually get the flurries
got nothing.

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On or about Mon, 27 Dec 2004 05:06:45 GMT, "Ann in Houston"
wrote something like:

The moisture that comes in off the
gulf was providing the precip that froze. Therefore, we kind of had an
upside down weather pattern. Points north, that usually get the flurries
got nothing.

That would be what we call here, "lake effect" snow. Usually happend
off the down wind side of the Great Lakes, or the Great Salt Lake, or
Lake Champlain, for instance. Makes for Great Skiing!
--
Crashj

"Crashj" wrote in message
...
On or about Mon, 27 Dec 2004 05:06:45 GMT, "Ann in Houston"
wrote something like:

The moisture that comes in off the
gulf was providing the precip that froze. Therefore, we kind of had an
upside down weather pattern. Points north, that usually get the flurries
got nothing.

That would be what we call here, "lake effect" snow. Usually happend
off the down wind side of the Great Lakes, or the Great Salt Lake, or
Lake Champlain, for instance. Makes for Great Skiing!
--
Crashj

About the only place hilly enough in the Houston area to ski would be an
interstate exit ramp, and I wouldn't recommend anyone do that.

"George" wrote in message
news:zbWzd.644129$D%.591463@attbi_s51...

"Crashj" wrote in message
...
On or about Mon, 27 Dec 2004 05:06:45 GMT, "Ann in Houston"
wrote something like:

The moisture that comes in off the
gulf was providing the precip that froze. Therefore, we kind of had an
upside down weather pattern. Points north, that usually get the
flurries
got nothing.

That would be what we call here, "lake effect" snow. Usually happend
off the down wind side of the Great Lakes, or the Great Salt Lake, or
Lake Champlain, for instance. Makes for Great Skiing!
--
Crashj

About the only place hilly enough in the Houston area to ski would be an
interstate exit ramp, and I wouldn't recommend anyone do that.

Thankfully, familiarity doesn't breed enough contempt around here for anyone
to have been complacent (or stupid )enough to try it. I'm sure Crash was
referring to the texture of the snow. Besides, the further South you go,
where the snow was deeper, the fewer exit ramps there are. I would love to
have seen snow on the beach.

"Ann in Houston" wrote in message
...

"George" wrote in message
news:zbWzd.644129$D%.591463@attbi_s51...

"Crashj" wrote in message
...
On or about Mon, 27 Dec 2004 05:06:45 GMT, "Ann in Houston"
wrote something like:

The moisture that comes in off the
gulf was providing the precip that froze. Therefore, we kind of had an
upside down weather pattern. Points north, that usually get the
flurries
got nothing.

That would be what we call here, "lake effect" snow. Usually happend
off the down wind side of the Great Lakes, or the Great Salt Lake, or
Lake Champlain, for instance. Makes for Great Skiing!
--
Crashj

About the only place hilly enough in the Houston area to ski would be an
interstate exit ramp, and I wouldn't recommend anyone do that.

Thankfully, familiarity doesn't breed enough contempt around here for anyone
to have been complacent (or stupid )enough to try it. I'm sure Crash was
referring to the texture of the snow. Besides, the further South you go,
where the snow was deeper, the fewer exit ramps there are. I would love to
have seen snow on the beach.


Having spent quite a lot of time on beaches in Florida, I must say that the
thought of snow on the beach is quite incongruous.